Interior Minister Angelino Alfano
on Tuesday denied a report by German daily Bild that the
authorities feared Islamist terrorists were planning attacks on
European beaches, including Italian ones.
"I have no other evaluation to add to that of the denial
that has already been issued," he said, referring to an earlier
statement from Italian intelligence services.
"I would not want there to be alarmism that hurts our
tourism without adding anything to security," Alfano said.
"We are working hard on the level of prevention, via
wiretaps, personal checks, controls of ships and vehicles, and
the expulsion of radicalised individuals," he said.
"No country is zero risk, but so far prevention has
worked".
Intelligence sources also denied a report that Italian
intelligence services had sent on information about the
possibility that terrorists disguised as beach hawkers could
blow themselves up.
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